"Words never mean what we want them to…" — Jonathan Safran Foer

"Words never mean what we want them to mean."

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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526 Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer

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We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We…
August has passed, and yet summer continues by force to grow days. They sprout secretly between the chapters of the…
SADNESSES OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart;…
The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are…
Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to…
Be the instrument playing the sound of your life's passing
I got incredibly heavy boots about how relatively insignificant life is, and how, compared to the universe and compared to…
Animal agriculture makes a 40% greater contribution to global warming than all transportation in the world combined; it is the…
When we eat factory-farmed meat we live, literally, on tortured flesh. Increasingly, that tortured flesh is becoming our own.
How would you judge an artist who mutilated animals in a gallery because it was visually arresting? How riveting would…
The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that…
Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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